In Brief
The appellants were held guilty of contempt of court by the High Court for violating undertakings given through their counsel not to alienate a property during pending litigation over a Joint Development Agreement. The Trial Court had initially dismissed the contempt application for insufficient evidence, but the High Court reversed this, finding willful disobedience. The Supreme Court partly allowed the appeal, upholding the contempt finding but modifying the sentence by deleting imprisonment (given the appellant's advanced age) while maintaining property attachment and increasing compensation from Rs.10 lakhs to Rs.13 lakhs with interest at 6% from the date of the lower court's judgment.
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